WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Applauds President Trump's Day One Executive Orders WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of Senate Republican Leadership, released the below statement on the Executive Orders President Donald J. Trump signed yesterday on his first day in office: "Yesterday, we officially turned the page, and these executive orders are further proof of that a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Confirm Rubio for Secretary of State WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement after voting to confirm Marco Rubio as U.S. Secretary of State. Rubio was confirmed by a vote of 99 to 0. "Having served with Senator Rubio here in the Senate, I have had the opportunity to work with him closely and see firsthand his profou  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Votes to Pass Laken Riley Act WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act. The legislation, which Senator Capito co-sponsored, passed the Senate 64 to 35. The Laken Riley Act would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arres  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Statement on President Trump Executive Actions to Unleash American Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the follow statement on President Trump's executive orders unleashing American energy. "On Day One, President Trump took immediate and meaningful action to r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Capito Introduces Stefanik at Senate Nomination Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), President Donald J. Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Senator Capito met with Congresswoman Stefanik in November 2024 shortly   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Today, Michael Dwayne Kelly II, 35, of Beckley, was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and Savannah Elizabeth Todd, 32, of Beckley, was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, each for possession with int  more

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Frederick Blaine Rinehart, Jr., age 54, of Clarksburg West Virginia, has admitted to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rinehart was selling methamphetamine in Harrison County. Investigators linked more than 100 grams of methamphetamine to Rinehart, some distributed and  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Curtis Lavall Capers, 35, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of quantities of fentanyl and a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 15, 2022, Capers sold quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine to a confident  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Gary Neal Abbott, 52, of Chesapeake, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substances containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on Augst 9, 2024, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle dr  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Jan. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Today, Tilford Joe Bradley Jr., 47, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and Mark Anderson Staples, 53, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as "crack." Bradley and Staples each admitted to roles in a drug trafficking  more